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Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
Teenagers Questionnaire
TranSPORTing EmotionsComenius Project
2009 - 2010
Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
Why a survey
It was necessary to find out the habits of our students regarding their…
Happiness Health
Emotions Sport activities
Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
for
highlighting the
Emotion Regulation in Sport
Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
We experienced that…
• Emotions play a central role in sport performance.
• Sport is an emotional experience for many athletes.
Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
What is emotion?
Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary:
“A feeling (as opposed to thoughts), such as happiness, love, fear, anger, which can be caused by the situation that you are in or
the people you are with”.
Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
“[…] a reaction to a stimulus event (either actual or imagined). It involves changes in the viscera and musculature of the person,
is experienced subjectively in characteristics ways, is expressed through such means as facial changes and actions tendencies, and
may mediate and energize subsequent behaviours”.
Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
Origin of emotions in sport performance
Emotion has a response:Some examples:• I feel happy because I score a point.• I feel disappointed when I miss/lose a point.• I feel despair when I lose a match.• I feel scared because my opponent is powerful.
Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
Characteristics of the emotional response
3 elements
Physiological changes
Muscle tension
Skin response
Blood pressure
Heart rate
Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
Subjective experience
angry happiness
fear sadness
Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
Action tendencies
fear run away
sadness become motionless
Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
How does emotion affect sport performance?
On motivation
Because optimal emotions can initiate and mantain the required amount of effort for a
task and it’s a positive predictor of objective competitive results.
Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
Can anger be beneficial to sport performance?
• On physical functioning, accuracy may be reduced
• On cognitive functioning, impair working memory, narrowing attentional focus and reducing cognitive resources available for the task.
Milena Lato - Istituto Tecnico Plateja - Taranto - ITALY 2010
Questionnaire results
ITALY
POLAND
PORTUGAL
UK Edmonton College
UK Enfield College